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Rock ArtSite Name: Bellows Falls PetroglyphsCountry: United States Region: New England Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Bellows Falls, VT Nearest Village: Bellows Falls, VT
Latitude: 43.135618N Longitude: 72.44059W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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stonetracker saw from a distance on 1st Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 2 Saw at least one set of the markings from the bridge with binoculars. The yellow paint makes them easy to spot from high up. Took one look at the access from the outcrops and decided it was a bit too steep and rugged for my taste.
They are immediately visible south of the bridge along a road which parallels the river. To the west, the site faces a high masonry retaining wall which supports a little-used set of railroad tracks. The Connecticut River, marked by artificially and seasonally regulated water levels, flows east of the petroglyphs. Massive granite outcroppings, within which the petroglyphs were carved, continues both north and south of the site. Relative to the one-hundred year flood elevation of 255.5 feet and to the normal spring run-off elevation of 240-245 feet, the petroglyphs are situated at elevations 252.2 feet and 256.6 feet.
The site consists of two west-facing petroglyph clusters, approximately 20 feet apart, carved into massive, steeply angled, water worn granite bedrock. Both clusters of petroglyphs depict lifesize, oval or round, anthropomorphic "heads" with "eyes" and "mouths"; a number of "heads" have "horn" or pronged projections. As observable to date, the northernmost cluster of carvings exhibits eight "heads" occupying a surface approximately five feet in length and thirty inches in height. The southernmost group of carvings is larger, consisting of sixteen "heads" across a ten foot by three foot section of rock.
Designated VT-WD-8 in the Vermont Archaeological Inventory.
Read more on this site at the CRJC National Register, prepared by Mitchell T. Mulholland, UMASS Archaeological Services.
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